The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-12
CUTTING DOWN THE CoRPsEs.
The Remains Taken from the Jail to an
Undertaker's Shop.


CHICAGO, Nov. lit was wonderful to
note how quickly the excitement which had
filed the Jail all the morning Gained down
after the execution. The 200 prisoners con
fined in the place, who had been in fever
heat during the tragic event of the day,
regained their usual spirits. They cracked
Jokes from cell to cell, and as
they had had nothing to eat since breakfast
they soon began to yell for ''Soup," Soup"
The spectators, who had witnessed the
hanging walked rapidly out of the in
closure, and the weary deputies went to
dinner, the only ones left in the Jail office
being the press representatives.
LOWERING THE BODIES.
When the cofiins were brought to the
scaffold Sheriff Matson exclaimed: 'His
will be done" The bodies were lowered in
the following order: Spies, Fischer, Engel
and Parsons. All looked natural The
coffin lids were quickly screwed down and
paper tabs were pasted on each for identi-
fication. The bodies were taken away from
the Jail about :45 o'clock this afternoon.
For Spies a hearse had been provided.
There was some trouble in getting away
from the crowd that tailed en- to
the last wagon, but rapid driving
freed the procession from this annoyance
Followed by a string of cabs and preceded
by a carrige containing the committee, the
hearse and wagons moved speedily along
There was no excitement and only a few
persons gathered. The corpses were taken
to an undertaker's shop where they were
dressed and allowed to rest until they were
taken TO the homes Of relatives this even
ing.
Extensive arrangements have been made
for grand funeral demonstration over the
executed Anarchists on Sunday
Sheriff Matson sat in his private office
this evening very pale and dark rings be-
meath his ewes showed that he was worn
out with thinking, worry, excitement and
hard work. He said he thought the execu-
tion passed off as well as an unpleasant
thing like that could Upon being asked
whether he apprehended any trouble at the
funeral of the dead Anarchists he replied:
"No. / do not. i think the better Judgment
of the friends of the unfortunate men will
prevail and that nothing Will be done TO
cause a repetition of to-days work"
"Why was the execution delayed from ~
to ~ o'clock"
MERELY to give the men all the chance to
escape their doom that there was. 1t was
my intention yesterday to have the work
promptly over at 10 o'clock, but when |
heard that Capt Black was at Springfield
pleading with the Governor | decided TO
hold off and give them the benefit Of their
counsel's work ] did not care to have il
said that we had rushed them 70 eternity
when there was a chance Of their being
saved, and so | waited"
The centre of attraction for idle and Gu
rious people has been transferred tonight
from the all to Milwaukee avenue, where,
III the homes of their relatives, the bodies
Of The dead Anarchists are lying in their
collins. There were little crowds here and
there along the street throughout the
evening, but, although the execution was
everywhere discussed, there was little ex
citement.
The only sign Of open interest tonight
was shown at Auroria Turner Hall on HUI
ron street. near Milwaukee avenue.
Here flag was at half-mast, and in the sa-
loon below groups Of men gathered and ex-
pressed thcr disapproval of the hanging.
There were some scowling faces here and
the stranger was not cordially greeted,
while clinched fists and ugly glanceS told of
the unpopuarity of the English press. The
saloon at the corner OF Fullerton and Lin
coin avenues, which is the rendezvous for
the Socialists of the north side, was closed
up this morning by the police, who mounted
a guard there all to-day to prevent its being
oppned and stop the Socialists from congre-
eating in any place.
ENGEL's BROTHER TALKING.
Late last night crowd of about 800
people assembled IN front of the store
formerly kept by Engel on Milwaukee ave-
me, and was harangued by brother of the
doomed man, who spoke in English and in
German. He protested against the hanging
OF his brother, and called it the murder Of
an innocent man by the government, which
was for the benefit of a few, and at the
cost Of many, government which George
Engel has sought to overthrow AS he
spoke the clangor and rumble of patrol
wagon from the West Chicago avenue sta
tion was heard, and ten or dozen police
men cleared the place in an instant, pushed
Engel into his store and made him lock the
place up and put out the lights.
The Arbeiter Zeitung was not issued to-